The PF included the Soviet Union-backed ZAPU, which was led by Joshua Nkomo and operated mainly from Zambia, and the Chinese-backed ZANU led by Robert Mugabe, which operated …

He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017.

Sep 10, 2019 · A deep and routinised despotism was being entered into under ZANU-PF and Robert Mugabe, almost unparalleled in severity.

Feb 25, 2024 · Instead, he deployed what he called strategic ambiguity, while Zanu-PF reverted to the ideological drill of its late founding father, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and emerged victorious …

Nov 21, 2017 · The ruling ZANU-PF party began impeachment proceedings against Mugabe on Tuesday after its Central Committee voted to oust the president as party leader and select …

In Robert Mugabe: Early life and rise to power. Ndabaningi Sithole to form the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) as a breakaway from Joshua Nkomo’s Zimbabwe African People’s …

Nov 19, 2017 · Robert Mugabe has been fired as head of the Zanu-PF party, marking the end of his 37-year grip on power in Zimbabwe, and even longer at the helm of the ruling party. …

The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) was a militant socialist organisation that fought against white-minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People's …

Aug 14, 2023 · Mugabe played a pivotal role in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle against British colonial rule, leading the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and its military wing, ZANLA.

Feb 3, 2014 · While this was underway, ZAPU was hit by a major split that led to the formation of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) on the 8th of August 1963 in Enos Nkala's …